Congo autopsies reveal 'executions' in Rwanda clash

BBC News - 8 hours ago
Confusion has surrounded the circumstances of the border clashes on 12 June
Autopsies on five bodies returned by Rwanda to the Democratic Republic
of Congo show they were probably executed, a military source has told
the BBC.
The bodies were handed over following border clashes between the two
countries armies earlier this month.
DR Congo says they began when a corporal was kidnapped by Rwandan
soldiers who crossed the border.
Rwanda says the men were killed in combat after they attacked Rwandan
soldiers on its territory.
The neighbours have had a fractious relationship since the 1994
Rwandan genocide, when those accused of involvement in the killings of
an estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus set up a militia
in eastern DR Congo.
Hill location disputed
The BBC's Maud Jullien in DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa, says the
autopsy report concluded that the five men who were returned to DR
Congo after the clashes had wounds to the head - two inflicted by a
sharp object, three by bullets.
It also found that all of the men had been shot several times in other
parts of the body, including the thorax and the abdomen, and at close
range. One of the men had been shot eight times in the back.

Rwanda say the clashes occurred on its soil and Google is not a
reliable source on border demarcations
A military source in Goma told the BBC it was unlikely that these
wounds had been inflicted during combat and it was probable that the
men had been executed.
Earlier, DR Congo's Information Minister Lambert Mende said it was
clear from the photographs that the five men, one of whom he says was
a Congolese soldier, were executed.
Rwanda's government said the five were Congolese soldiers who engaged
in a fire fight with Rwandan troops in Rwanda's Busasamana district
and that it did not know the exact circumstances of their deaths.
Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said she was waiting for a
regional group of experts - mandated to monitor events on the border -
to deliver its investigation into the incident.
The experts' report, seen by the BBC, says that at the two sites where
Rwanda said the Congolese men were killed in combat, no traces of
empty cartridges were found.
The report, which was not signed by Rwanda, also includes a Google
Earth map showing that the hill at the centre of the dispute - which
Rwanda says is in its territory - is inside DR Congo.
The Rwandan military said the report was misleading and added that
Google Earth was not a credible reference for border demarcation.
Rwanda has been accused by the UN of playing a part in the unrest in
eastern DR Congo over the years, a charge it denies.
Most recently it was accused of backing a rebellion by the M23 - a
mainly ethnic Tutsi movement, which was defeated by the Congolese
military and a special UN brigade in November.
In May, the FDLR rebel group - formed by Hutu militiamen accused of
involvement in the 1994 genocide - began a disarmament process.
More than 100 of its fighters surrendered to the UN for repatriation
to Rwanda - though no military or political leaders from the
1,500-strong group were amongst them.
Troublesome neighbours
April-June 1994: Genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda
June 1994: Paul Kagame's Tutsi rebels take power in Rwanda, Hutu
fighters flee into Zaire (now DR Congo)
Rwanda's army enters eastern Zaire to pursue Hutu fighters
1997: Laurent Kabila's AFDL, backed by Rwanda, takes power in Kinshasa
1998: Rwanda accuses Kabila of not acting against Hutu rebels and
tries to topple him, sparking five years of conflict
2003: War officially ends but Hutu and Tutsi militias continue to
clash in eastern DR Congo
2008: Tutsi-led CNDP rebels march on North Kivu capital, Goma -
250,000 people flee
2009: Rwanda and DR Congo agree peace deal and CNDP integrated into
Congolese army
2012: M23 mutiny led by former CNDP leader Bosco "Terminator" Ntaganda
2013: M23, which Rwanda denies backing, is defeated
M23's decline raises hopes of DR Congo peace
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